Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1887-06-04
Ludicrous Mistakes.

A certain young gentleman, one of
those cosmopolitan individuals called
drummers, who had been In the
habit of putting up with Ed. Part
ridge before the latter removed to the
Central" dropped in the other day
into the barber shop Of Mr.. Holder,
who now occupies the premises, and
finding the proprietor out, as he sup
posed, he proceeded to make himself
comfortable in Holders parlor.
Lighting a cigar, propping his feet
against the fender, and keeping on
his hat, he drew the morning paper
from his pocket and soon became inn
(mersed in its contents. Presently
Mrs. Holder made her appearance,
and was astounded at the cool impu-
dence with which the drummer
seemed to make himself at home in
sher best room. Hearing footsteps
approaching, and not raising his eyes
from the newspaper, or knowing
whom he was addressing, but sup
posing it to be chambermaid, or
LATE Partridge in his slippers, he in
quired with the utmost nonchdlonce
show long will it be till dinner is
ready@ The effect of the tableau,
when he discovered his mistake, can
be better imagined than described.
Making hasty and confused explain
alton and apology, he quietly got
upon the next train and departed
"For greener fields and pastures new."
Also, upon another OCCASION, a rail-
road man, whose occupation did not
conduce towards making either his
dress or countenance clean, all COW
cred with dust and smut from the en-
CINE, deliberately hung up his hat in
the hall, walked into Mrs. Holders
fineat and scrupulously clean back
porch (she is very nice housekeep-
cry and after pouring out something
less than a bucketfull of water, pro-,
ceeded, with the aid of the soap, to
! denude his grimy features of the
traces and effects of smut and smoke
from the engine. When his hair and
face were SO full of lather as to render
his features, and even his color, in
distinguishable, the excellent lady OF
the house entered, and gazed with
wonder and amazement at the extra.
ordinary spectacle before her. Moth.
ing abashed, he dauntlessly inquired
of the astonished lady of the house
how long it would be before supper
The next day ne transferred to an
other read.
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The small girls had quite a nice lit
tie picnic on Saturday beyond Mr.
w. r. Cooley's residence on the hill
in nice grove.
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Mrs. Cora Lowry, of the neighbor
hood of Cumberland City, in Stewar
county, has been for about week o.
ten days on visit to friends and rel
atives in Houston county and il
Erin.
~
Mr.. Bob Lowry, of Stewart county
came to Erin on business Monday
He and Mrs. Lowry and little Daisy
their eldest daughter, returned hom
the same evening on No. 2.
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Mr.. Henry Morton Cline, recent,
of Bowling Green, KY, came in. Oh
Tuesday on visit to his father an,
mother in Erin. He contemplate
making this, the place where he wa
raised, his future permanent home.
Sc
Again the dark-winged messenge
has tapped his gloomy pinions owe
this time the citizens of our sister vi
lage, Cumberland City, and Mrs. A
E. Scott, wife of DR.. w. B. Scott,
prominent citizen and physician {
that place, breathed her last on MOI
day at between - m. and p. n
She was In Erin on Saturday, and n
one who then saw her cheerful an
hopeful face would have dreame
that her end was so near. tits con
fort to her afflicted husband an
friends to know that everything TIL
could be done was quickly an
promptly done to relieve her, but Il
fatal arrow had sped; it was decree
] from the first that "the golden chol
should be loosed, and the golde
bowl broken at the cistern," and q
remedies proved unavailing. 81
was the daughter Of Mr.. Thorn
Wilson, and the sister OF Samuel